INDEX. 



Pelagic sealing Continued. Page. 



a Canadian industry 176 



by Indians 30,142 



by white men 30,143 



catch of, since 1894 215-221 



cumulative effect of 171 



destruction of pups by 



entry into Bering Sea 30, 142 



expansion of 150 



in Bering Sea 30 



legality of 176 



loss from, total 171 



loss since 1883 171 



loss under the regulations 172 



off northwest coast 146 



possible equilibrium under 156 



prohibited to Americans 176 



prohibition necessary 187 



slaughter of females 187, 189 



summary of statistics 222 



vessels engaged in 143, 225 



Period of equilibriu m, 1871-1880 102 



Personal estimates 83 



Phoca ursina 44 



Photographs : 



4 of Tolstoi in 1891 115 



limitations of 106 



relation to counts 106 



value of 105,107 



Pinnipedia, the 43 



Policy of seclusion 140 



Polovina rookery 37 



early estimates of 82,83 



Polygamous habits of seals 119 



Population of rookeries : 



difficulty of estimate 76 



fluctuation of 54 



Present condition of herd 90, 100 



Promiscuous nursing of pups, theory of. .. 162 



Proportion of bulls to cows 119 



Protection : 



proposed measures 178 



counter proposition 178 



Pribilof, Gerrasim 23 



Pribilof herd 44 



Pribilof Islands: 



area of 31 



birds of 33 



climate 32 



discovery of 23 



geography of 31 



inhabitants of 33 



latitude and longitude of 31 



mammals 33 



vegetation 33 



Pups : 



birth of 55 



Pups Continued. Page. 



counts of, 1896 92 



count of, 1897 96 



death of 70,158 



dead unborn < 160 



dependent upon milk 164 



estimate of starved 169, 170 



excess over cows 92,96 



excursions of 69 



killing of 25,124 



play of 163 



podding of 68 



starvation of 160, 165 



starving 166,167 



stomach examinations 163 



supposed feeding of 163 



swimming of 69 



trampling of 115 



Pup, the 47 



Questions still unsettled 193 



Quinan, Lieutenant, account of shooting 



seals 145 



Quota : 



anticipation of 123 



contraction of 1876-77 and 1882-83 122 



data regarding 123 



date of filling 123 



decrease of in 1897 108 



fixing of 193 



failure of,in 1890 103 



irregular since 1890 151 



measure of breeding herd 114 



of 1871-1889 88 



of 1890 and since 103 



of 1894-95 103 



of 1896-97 88, 111, 112, 113, 209, 210 



relation to breeding herd 88 



Recommendation 191 



Recounts of live pups 109 



Report, divisions of 19 



Reef driveway 129 



Reef rookery 38 



Regulations of Paris award 143, 234 



adapted to work of sealers 181 



effect of 30 



failure of 182 



obligations of 183 



purpose of 183 



revision not adequate 187 



trial period of 182 



Rejected seals 98 



skins 124 



Remedy for decline 187 



Remipedia 43 



Revised censusof 1896 95 



Revision of early estimates : 



of 1872-1874 88,89 



of 1895... 86 



